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December 30, 2016
Columbus mayor to seek reelection; West Point mayor uncertain
GTA mayors make re-election decisions Robert Smith has said he is running for re-election in Columbus. However, in West Point, Mayor Robbie Robinson says he is still undecided if he will run again. He expects to have a decision in the next week. As you may remember a couple months ago, Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman…
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December 30, 2016
Gas tax increase for roads, bridges increasingly unlikely in #msleg 2017 session
Mississippi road money push hits likely pothole JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A year after an effort to increase gasoline and diesel taxes to spend more on transportation stalled, Mississippi legislative leaders say chances are slim again in 2017. Enacting any tax increase takes a three-fifths majority. Although the GOP holds that margin in both the…
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December 30, 2016
PineBelt lawmakers talk #MAEP rewrite, tax reforms #msleg
Pine Belt lawmakers outline state budget expectations Lamar County Rep. Brad Touchstone said he expects a lot of discussion about public education funding and making sure more dollars are spent in the classroom. “Despite what a lot of people think, Mississippi makes a very large commitment to public education,” Touchstone said. “For every $1,000 of…
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December 29, 2016
School Superintendents concerned over #MAEP rewrite
Education supes air concerns over MAEP for 2017 legislative session Republican leaders want to rewrite the state’s education funding formula to put more money into the classroom and less into administrative expenses, but that has local superintendents concerned. Thriving in ambiguity is what the superintendents are hoping to achieve given the possibility the funding formula…
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December 29, 2016
State Rep. Holland’s funeral home building in Nettleton given to city for library
Holland Funeral Home to become Nettleton’s new library NETTLETON, Miss (WTVA) — “I am a lifelong learner. I have spent my life in a public library and whatever I might be and whatever I am quite frankly I pretty much owe to two things, the public library and public education of this state and it…
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December 29, 2016
Gov. Bryant, #msleg leaders plan to fill rainy day fund
Leaders plan to follow rainy day fund law in upcoming session JACKSON – Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt.Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn all are in agreement that only 98 percent of the state’s projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year should be budgeted during the 2017 session. Setting aside the 2 percent –…
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December 29, 2016
#msleg may revise 2016 Budget Transparency and Simplification Act over special funds
Legislators may revise change in Miss. budget process The Budget Transparency and Simplification Act was intended to streamline spending by wiping out the practice of some state government agencies paying others for things such as rent and technology services. It was also supposed to move all “special funds,” which are fees collected for specific programs,…
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December 29, 2016
SALTER: PERS faces unsustainable conditions
Sid Salter: Public pension issue will grow into crisis PERS officials are quick to point out that Mississippi’s pension system is not in “crisis” at this time and that’s true. But our state’s share of the national economic problem of low rates of return on pension system investments and a growing imbalance in the number…
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December 28, 2016
#msleg PEER report recommends more funding for Charter School Authorizer Board
Report calls for more charter school funding The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review, or PEER, is required by law to analyze finances for Mississippi’s fledgling charter schools system, created by legislation in 2013. The report says that funding for charter schools is not providing enough money to also run the Mississippi…
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December 28, 2016
MITCHELL: MSSC swearing in, decisions not high in minds of Mississippians
CHARLIE MITCHELL: Supreme Court oath-taking won’t be quite as spectacular Seven white men, one woman (the fourth in the court’s history), one African-American (the third since Reconstruction) are at the top level of judicial review for the state. There was a time when decisions of the court were almost constantly in the news, but that’s…
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December 28, 2016
Sen. @RogerWicker touts action in Senate under GOP leadership in op-ed
ROGER WICKER: New laws creating overdue reforms Congress ended 2016 with a major piece of legislation to keep goods flowing on our waterways and our communities protected from dangerous floods. The “Water Resources Development Act” (WRDA) is good for Mississippi, authorizing important projects such as dredging for our ports on the Mississippi River and initiatives…
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December 28, 2016
Lawmakers vague on further tax reform in #msleg 2017 session
Mississippi lawmakers vague on ’17 tax proposals JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi lawmakers passed a substantial tax-cut package in 2016, with reductions phasing in over several years. Leaders are vague about whether they will propose other tax changes during the 2017 legislative session that begins Jan. 3. Nicole Kaeding, an economist with the Washington-based Tax…
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May 15, 2026
Effort to make all Mississippi school boards elected failed this session. Another try could come in January
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Joshua Rollo
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May 15, 2026
From Mississippi to defending America under the sea: One sailor’s journey to USS Greeneville
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Daniel Tyson
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May 15, 2026
Judge blocks release of discovery materials in Jackson bribery case against Owens, Lumumba, Banks
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Frank Corder
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May 11, 2026
Lockers Manufacturing announces $9.7 million expansion in Batesville
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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May 15, 2026
These guys don’t just drive the team bus. They go the extra mile for the players who love them
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Alistair Begg
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May 15, 2026
Hope through the silence
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Alistair Begg
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May 14, 2026
Conformed to His image
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Mike Ezell
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May 14, 2026
Supporting law enforcement shouldn’t be political
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Sid Salter
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May 13, 2026
Remembering the legacies of former GOP Gov. Kirk Fordice and First Lady Pat Fordice
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Trey Dellinger
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May 11, 2026
New Mississippi abortion pill law protects women
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